DID YOU KNOW?
Over a five-year period, students’ SAT scores averaged 1,260 points compared to the national average of 1,000 points.
Typically, 20 percent of a Charles Wright graduating class are National Merit Scholars or Commended Students.
Charles Wright offers more Advanced Placement courses – the equivalent of college courses – than any other high school in the South Puget Sound area.
Minority students account for 28 percent of the student body.
In the last decade, Charles Wright students consistently earned top honors among the State of Washington’s journalism students.
Charles Wright grants over $1.3 million in financial assistance to 21% of the student body.
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Lydia Valentine
7th Grade English, Creative Writing, 7th Grade Team Leader
Lydia Valentine teaches seventh grade English and seventh and eighth grade creative writing. “My favorite thing about teaching in the Middle School is that students are given the opportunity to learn and practice skills of resiliency and self-reliance in a way that I have never experienced in other schools,” says Valentine.
Valentine’s favorite quote is from Doug Floyd: “You don’t get harmony when everyone sings the same note.”
“The most important thing I hope to pass on to my students is a belief that we all have a unique voice and that every single one matters,” she says. “Each individual has the responsibility to work to hear the voices of others, to try to appreciate the voices that are out of tune with his or her own, and to strive toward balance every day, even in the greatest times of discord.”
Valentine holds a bachelors degree from Johns Hopkins University. She joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2004 and enjoys reading, writing, photography and scrapbooking. She says, “Working to be a good mom is at the center of everything in my life.”
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Valentine’s favorite quote is from Doug Floyd: “You don’t get harmony when everyone sings the same note.” “The most important thing I hope to pass on to my students is a belief that we all have a unique voice and that every single one matters,” she says. “Each individual has the responsibility to work to hear the voices of others, to try to appreciate the voices that are out of tune with his or her own, and to strive toward balance every day, even in the greatest times of discord.”
Valentine holds a bachelors degree from Johns Hopkins University. She joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2004 and enjoys reading, writing, photography and scrapbooking. She says, “Working to be a good mom is at the center of everything in my life.”
Visit her web site
